[Originally posted to LinkedIn on August 13, 2025 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
This is a law/legal profession/law schools and legal education post, prompted by my conversation yesterday with a group of incoming law students who are going through my law school’s orientation week. Every single one of them asked some version of “what’s
The authors wish to thank Joshua Saunders for his contributions to this post.
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